Skid and barrel carrier



Oct. 30, 1934. w. BRODELL SKID AND BARREL CARRIER Filed May 16, 1933 Patented Oct. 30, 1934 PATENTYOFFFICE SKID AND AR EL CARRIER Walter Brodell, Ccn s hohocken, Pa.

, Application May 16, 1933,* Serial No. 671,353

4 Claims. (01. 193-41) The object of the invention is to provide improvements in skidsand carriers for barrels and similar substantially circular objects.

Another'object more specifically is to provide .5; a device of this general characterflwhich permits :an alsobe used as a loading or unloading skid, and

upon" which the-barrelor other article can be moved by a single person, either before or after being carried to or from such position by two or more persons.

With these broad objects in mind, the invention comprises details of construction and operation, which are fully brought out in the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a device comprising one embodiment of the invention, and in the position as when employed as a carrier of a barrel or the like;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device in the position for loading or unloading a barrel or the like upon or from a vehicle, and with a second position showing in dot-and-dash lines an elevated position by which the barrel may be propelled by gravity towards such vehicle; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. 7

Referring to the drawing, this device primarily comprises two or more laterally disposed, longitudinally extending angle or preferably channel irons l, to the opposite ends of each of which are secured handles 2, having integral angular terminal portions 3, which latter are adapted to be hooked over a convenient portion 4 of a vehicle 5, or to rest directly upon the platform or ground 6. Said channel irons or the like are rigidly spaced apart by means of a plurality of angle irons 7, which are preferably depressed throughout their central portions, so as to not obstruct the otherwise free passage of other than strictly cylindrical objects longitudinally along the device when used as a skid. Said spaced longitudinally extending channel irons or rails at a preferably central position are similarly depressed at 8 into a concave curvature about a circular arc if desired, substantially as shown in the drawing, from the opposite end portions of which said arcs merge into the more rectilinear portions of the device thru oppositely or convexly curved arcs 9. This construction provides 'a portion of the device operative to relatively firmly position a barrel 10 or the like upon'the device, as long as it is used as a carrier of articles of substantially the same or less degree of curvature as the central concave arcs of said rails, while from Fig. 2 it will be noted that a barrel or the like is naturally retained by gravity in said curvature even when in amaterially inclined position. However, from the position of the barrel as there shown, it is a simple matter for but one person to roll the same out of the position-retaining central are over the lower convex arc towards the platform or ground, or for one or more persons to roll the barrel out of the carrying position as shown, over the upper convex arc towards and into or upon the vehicle, either while the carrier as a skid is in the full-line position, or when it is elevated into the dot-and-dash position illustrated.

Thus, with a very light yet rigid construction there is provided a combined carrier and skid, which possesses distinct advantages in many lines of operation, and especially in such lines as the handling of that size and shape of barrels and half-barrels, which are so widely used in the beer and general beverage industry. 7

I am aware that the invention may be em bodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the accompanying claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is:-

1. A manually portable and angularly elevatable combined carrier and skid for barrels and the like, comprising a longitudinal member having a depending intermediate curved portion of substantially the same curvature as that of the article to be carried, said portion merging into the relatively rectilinear portions of said member thru intervening convexly curved portions, of such extent and degree of curvature as to retain a barrel or the like within said depending portion, when the device is in an inclined position with one end initially raised and the other end lowered, as when used as a skid and from which device the article can be rolled by gravity over the initially higher end by elevating the initially lower end higher than said first end.

2. A manually portable and angularly elevatable combined carrier and skid for barrels and 5 the like, comprising laterally spaced longitudinally extending substantially rectilinear channel bars, having transversely aligned depending intermediate portions of substantially the same or greater curvature as that of a cylin- 1 drical object to be carried, and curved portions connecting said first curved portions to the end portions of said channel bars, said curved connecting portions being convexly curved and of such extent and degree as to retain the cylindrical object within said depending rail portions,

when the device is in an inclined position with one end initially raised and the other end lowered,

as when used as a skid and transversely extending angle bars rigidly connecting said first bars together.

3. A manually portable and angularly elevatable combined carrier and skid for barrels and the like, comprising a longitudinal member having a depending intermediate curved portion v of substantially the same curvature as that of the article to be carried, said portion merging into the relatively rectilinear portions ofsaid member thru intervening convexly curved portions,

of such extent and degree of curvature as to re- ,tain a barrel or the like within said depending portion, when the device is in an inclined position with one end initially raised and the other end lowered, as when used as a skid and from which device the article can be rolled by gravity 35, over the initially higher end by elevating the initially lower end higher than said first end, and terminal elements carried by said member, and comprising hand-fitting handles for manually gripping said member when carrying the same, and angularly directed extensions for 30 hooked engagement of said member with an extraneous member.

4. A manually portable and angularly elevatable combined carrier and skid for barrels and the like, comprising laterally spaced longitudinally extending substantially rectilinear channel bar's, having transversely aligned depending intermediate portions of substantially the same or greater curvature as that of a cylindrical object to be carried, and curved portions connecting said first curved portions to the end portions of said channel bars, said curved connecting portions being convexly curved and of such extent and degree as to retain the cylindrical object within said depending rail portions, when the device is in an inclined position with one end initially raised and the other end lowered, as when used as a skid from which device the article can be rolled by gravity over the initially higher end by elevating the initially lower end higher than said first end, and terminal elements for the opposite ends of said channel bars comprising hand-fitting handles for manually gripping said channel bars when carrying the same, and angularly directed extensions for 105 hooked engagement of said channel bars with an extraneous member, and transversely extending angle bars rigidly connecting said first bars together. 

